Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1887-12-08

Agricultural Society Meeting.
Our New DEPor. 1T is settled.
When the Monocacy Valley railroad was
projected, we recognized the necessity OF the
removal of the station to the junction Of the
two roads and gave it as our belief that this
would be done. Some questioned the cor
rcctn,ss Of our Judgment, but the events OF
the last few weeks have demonstrated the
worth ofour opinion.
The depot will he at the Junction it will
he remembered that We asked that q ne" one
he erected this will be done; also we asked
for a BRICK structure it will be cf brick.
So far has TIE CLARION been able 20 di'
rect in advance, public opinion and the strr,
ling work of some of our COOL citizens,
coupled with the liberal management OF the
W. Nd company has wrought ont our de,
slres and suggestions to the very letter.
We will, we doubt not, be the proud pos
tcsror of the finest passenger station on the
line the w. VI l. between lIagers,own and
Baltimore.
The new building viii be Of brick oc itte
and ornamental design the freight office
will be separate building this will hr the
present passenger and freight office removed
and remoIricd
The plan of the buildings and ground is
well conceived and will form one of the chief
sources Of MeChanicstown' : pride.
We tender to General Manager Hood, En-
ginccr Matthews, Director Bigss and citizens
G W. S,ockslalc and l. Il. WaoscAc our
hcarticst congratulations on the happy out.
come Of their labors.
In the hands of Mr. Jos \, Wcl1le, build
cr, this work will be satistlc loriy done.
THE VALLEY RAILROAD. Tile Baltimore
tailics, Sun, Herald and AmCric0n published
one morning last week, each, an article that
wGs evidently inspired, and written by the
same person. The subject in hand war the
Middlctown Valley railroad. Tie writer
implies that the project is being earnestly
considered and the simultaneous appearance
Of the articles in the city papers lead IA 70
infer that the movement j. 10 be aided by
giving 1t ;he widest publicity.
The proposed road Is to traverse roN'"
along the back bone Of the mountain nnd con
meet with the W. Md. railroad at BUc Ridge
Summit.
That a road 50 located would probably
serve the interests Of the greatest number OF
Milalrtown Valley residents can not proba
bly, be successfully denied, rs by this route
alone can the northern section Of the Valley
be reached thus far this route may be justl-
fled, but men who build railroads are given
to the consideration Of their own a. well ~
others intclc Is and no capitalist would make
choice of this route while another very much
superior one offered itself.
On this route from Woltsvillc [or from
a line running east and west through
Wolf,yillc)to Blue Ridge Summit, distance
of probably T. miles this road would traverse
a mountain region so barren as to I've essen
TALLY worthless to the road as tratic-pro'
ducng belt. At least onc-thlrl of the route
would be over protltlcsS track and this would
damage the prospects of a road, the other
two.thiris of which travcrscd even heavier
freight producing district than fertile Nj iddlc.
town Valley.
What offers itself better than this? The
road that passes through the southern and
central sections Of the Valley, comes to the
eastern side Of the mountain through Fishing
Creek Gap and thence for four miles travers.
es the [ewistown valley, one of the most fer
tile sections OF the county, to Catoctn Fur
naccs' there TO connect with the Monbcacy
Valley Railroad.
On this route TOO, through Fishing Creek
Gap, will the road traver barren noun
tain but the immense traffic Of the Catoc-
tin Furnaces will yield an average tonnage
per mile, counting against it every mile OF
barren mountain, in excess Of the average
for the remaining miles Of tie road
With such feeder within stven to ten
miles Of the road it is not conceivable that its
projectors would ignore 1t ; more especially
is llllS uOuDtlui w iftll IL 10
all the coke would pass over the entire
length Of the road as would probably four.
fifths of the iron, while much of the char
coal would arrive over the road.
We are gratlcd to learn that our good
neighbors Of the Valley have again prom sc
of railway communication with the outer
world and shtll be more than pleased to see
tn, road built, though it's northern terminus
be at Blue RdgeSummit, yet we cannot think
that this route will he chosen in the face of
the manifest superiority Of the one via Lew.
stown Valley and Catoctin Furnaces to Me.
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